February 10, 2017
Wildlife Governance Principles
- Strategic and adaptive thinking
- Evidence-based and broadly informed decision-making
- Transparency and accountability for decisions and actions
- Inclusive and diverse participation in decision-making
- Capacity to deliver conservation
(Chris Smith, Wildlife Management Institute)
Harvard Business Review 2012
Reporting
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Modernizing Workflow
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Smoothing the Workflow
- Where does it break?
Common Data Pitfalls
- Labels contain information
- File names
- Field names
Common Data Pitfalls
- Mixing rows and columns
- Multiple headers
Common Data Pitfalls
- Color codes
Common Data Pitfalls
- Mixing raw data and summaries
- Tables within sheets
Data Solutions
- Long data
- Disk space is cheap
Data Solutions
- Think outside the rectangle
- list-columns
- NoSQL
- XML
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Data Solutions
- Data manipulations should be code driven
- Maintain a base copy
- All manipulations run off the base
- Manipulations are temporary
Code Integrity
- Version Control
- GitHub
- Comments
- Naming conventions
PopR
PopR
- Adaptive
- Evidence-based
- Transparent
- Inclusive
- Supports delivery
Data Entry
Data Visualization
Data Integrity
Analysis
Hypothesis Driven Modeling
Flexible Reporting
Information Sharing
Code Management
How does it all work?
Questions?
